Misc. Monday news

Microsoft moves in on cable TV - Microsoft is planning to sell new software to cable TV companies in an effort to gain a stronger foothold in the industry.

ABC News reports that an university student was sued by the RIAA over his website 'ChewPlastic.com' although it was not a music file sharing software but a campus-wide search engine, RIAA took this student's life savings as settlement... abuse of power, anyone? (spotted at /.)